I'm glad someone can see the reality to our situation, sure we'd all like to be able to go out and sign players without giving it a 2nd thought, but as well as the initial transfer fees, there's also the small matter of wages, plus various other add-on's which come naturally with any high profile transfers in this day and age, particularly any transfer business at PL level, agents will always be taking their cut, and equally advising their clients according, hence why we need to box clever in the market, and crucially exercise patience, I think we will do further business in this window, but it well probably be in the final week, once Championship clubs especially realise that they may have to drop their asking prices if they wish to move players on.s6t9a2f3f wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:28 pmall these concerns, rumours, etc etc just confirms one thing :
Well done Burnley Football Club for punching well beyond their weight yet again.
WE KNOW quality players dont come cheap
WE KNOW there's very little chances of a Andre Gray, Austin, Ings at their transfer fee back then
WE KNOW we are bottom feeders in players/agents choices
WE KNOW the manager and the lads will give it everything
WE KNOW at periods/several periods this season fans on here WILL call for SD head
WE KNOW the new board is probably a upgrade on forward digital thinking and matters off the field but probably only a slight / if any for wealth and money investment.
So concentrate on telling us things we dont know and move forward together.
For all the moaning on this forum, and I don't exempt myself from that on occasions, we must be doing something right as a club to still be enjoying competing in the PL for 6 successive seasons, just let that fact sink in, when there's supposedly far bigger clubs struggling in the Championship, or even League 1 or League 2.
Yes we need a couple of additions, but as long as we keep our core together we'll be fine, RW is the one area where we definitely need to recruit, as playing Brownhill out there just doesn't work, and leaves us unbalanced.
But both Collins and Hennessey are good signings, one a starlet who was wanted by many PL teams, and the other an experienced back-up in a specialist position if we should need cover for NP.
And what encourages me is we're being heavily linked to players, whereas last summer there was barely a whisper about any new arrivals.
However it's one thing being interested in players, it's quite another for the stars to align and allow us to complete any such deals, especially if there's other interested parties, that's just the reality we have to live in, by PL standards we're a small fish in a big pond, and there's always the risk of the sharks circling around our own prized assets at the same time.
We can only judge the window once it slams shut in 5 weeks time, but if we don't get at least a couple more in the building I'll be surprised.